Demo quest · Checked
The Rite of Descent
This is the quest name players type when the crowbar does nothing and the track stays blocked. The useful evidence is a developer reply plus the threads around it.
Page sources: Steam discussion: Rite of Descent in 2-player co-op (accessed ) · Steam discussion: The rite of descent (developer reply) (accessed ) · Sources
Evidence note: The same publisher’s Steam store, API and news posts are not independent sources; information from that publisher alone remains single-source evidence. Community and fan reports remain attributed reports, not official confirmation. This page does not claim that every statement has been verified by two independent sources.
What I checked
I read the Steam thread “The rite of descent???” including the developer reply, the crowbar thread, the Russian barricade thread, and the two-player “wait for other players” bug report. I did not walk the quest. Steps below are theirs, not a route I timed.
What the developer wrote
On the Rite of Descent thread a developer says the interaction appears once the quest has reached that point: an orange highlight, then left click. In co-op, both players need to have progressed to the Rite of Descent. The same thread includes a report that the highlight shows and the click still does nothing. That last part is a bug report, not a fix.
What players add around the crowbar
A separate thread says the crowbar does not clear debris or basement planks, and the basement cannot be entered before the quest. A Russian thread describes a longer chain: finish the tutorial, including crafting the gun, craft the crowbar, go to the basement at the barricade, take the relic at the end, then the obstacle can be cleared. I am not merging those into one numbered route. They may be the same place. The posts do not prove it.
A two-player bug report says the pair cannot clear the pile on the rails and sit on “wait for other players”. That matches the developer’s “both must arrive” note, and it also matches people who are stuck even after they think they have arrived.
“3rd home”: connection not established
A search phrase about being stuck at a third home has no thread I can tie to the Rite of Descent. It stays off this page rather than being folded into the quest.
Questions people ask
Why is the Rite of Descent softlocked in co-op?
The developer reply says both players must reach the quest. A bug report says the pair still cannot clear the rail pile. There is no posted patch note that closes it.
The highlight is orange and left click does nothing. What now?
That exact failure is in the same thread as the developer’s “left click the highlight” instruction. It is reported as a bug. No official workaround is in the reply.
Is the third home the same stuck point?
No source connects them. They are not treated as one problem here.
Related pages
Crowbar
When players say the tool starts working.
Obstacles
Track blocks beyond this one quest.
Multiplayer
The “both players” rule sits on top of invites.
Save
People lose the approach if they quit before a tunnel.
Sources
- Steam discussion: Rite of Descent in 2-player co-op — accessed
- Steam discussion: The rite of descent (developer reply) — accessed
- Steam discussion: crowbar does not work — accessed
- Steam discussion: track obstacle (Russian) — accessed